St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-24
ROSTON,S GAMBLERS.
They are Having a Hard Time Now
in Their IrOn.bOund Retreats.

hard time to get along in Boston.
They have been mercilessly pursued by
the police for nearly two years, and
now new dangers threaten them. Be
fore the present repressive policy was
adopted all sorts of games were
run almost openly, and only those were
disturbed which failed to submit grace
fully to occasional police blackmail. To-
day the only known gambling places in
town are half a dozen carefully guarded
fOrtreSSes, which have been made as i'm
pregnable with iron and steel doors, walls
and windows as are the vaults of some of
the safety deposit companies. The tragedy
last week In ore of these fortified denS on
Avery street has settled the fate Of all that
are left. Nothing of recent happening has
stirred UP so much talk against the managers
OF the tiger, and in spite of the fact that
there is strong evidence to show that DR..
Albrecht went to the place with deliberate
intention to kill and rob the proprietors.
there is very little popular sympathy with
the victims. The principal reason for this
is that it is well known that Lanahan and
Flanagan had long been running a skin
game there, and that there is very little
doubt that Albrecht had been one of their
victims. People don't condemn him very
overwhelmingly for adding interest to his
revenge. In the case of Flanagan, if not of
Lanahan, the elaborate precautions for
keeping out the police furnished a trap
which held him at the mercy of pistol and
bludgeon. The fate of these two men has
thoroughly alarmed the other members of
their fraternity. Within a week one
OF the largest downtown tiger dens,
similarly fortified, was abandoned 1t was
situated in Brattle Place, near the Quincy
house, and it had been used for gambling
purposes for about twenty years. The
proprietors of other places are disguised
and discouraged. and some of them are
getting ready to leave.
The police have just brought to bear
fresh legal weapon. The owner of the
premises at 10 Avery street, where last
weeks tragedy occurred, is Jacob Bam-
hauer, a man 20 years old, who lives in West
Roxbury. He was arrested this week, and
put into court on charge of letting the
premises for gambling purposes. The com
plant was made under the statute for the
suppression of nuiSances, the penalty pro-
yided being fine of $50 to $1OO, or three to
twelve months imprisonment. 1t appeared
that the police had notified Bamhauer sew
eral weeks before of the nature of the place
kept by the two gamblers. Bamhauer de-
| clared that he had taken the preliminary
| steps to ejectment, but they mad not been
followed UP. Judge Curtis held that
landlord should ordinarily have knowledge
OF the use being made of his premises by
tenants and the court imposed fine of
| 500 and costs. In most cases the police
| say they are unable to diSlodge gamblers
| by means Of this process, because the title
| to the premises that they occupy is very
dark, or is in the hands of nonresident.
Additional legislation for the suppression
of gambling is pending at the state house,
and since the Avery street tragedy the den
has been inspected by nearly every member
OF the legislature. They found the place
protected by wrought iron door about an
inch thick, by windows heavily barred and
| covered with iron shutters. and by heavy
gratings over even the skylight in the roof
| 1t would take half day to force an
entrance to such place even with sledge
hammers and battering rams. The police
captains were summoned to the state house
to explain the difficulties in enforcing
the law as it stands. Raids can be made
only on special warrants, and arrests can
be made only when game is found actually
in progress when the inside is reached In
making raids upon the fortified gambling
house, the process now is this: The police
rap at the outer door. The attendent on
the inside opens the little wicket and looks
| out. The policeman with the warrant eX-
| hibits it and says:
raid you. Will you be kind enough to open
the door so that we can see if there is any
| gambling going on here?"
"Oh, certainly. Delighted to see you.
| We're not quite ready for company, but
| just make yourselves comfortable outside
until we fix things up Bit
| And i'll fifteen minutes or so the door is
opened and the police are politely welcomed
by a jolly crowd, who are doing nothing in
! particular. but who take the opportunity to
chaff their visitors numerically. There is
generally ready for them dummy set of
gambling implements worth SIS or $40.
These the police carry away, and in ten
minutes after their departure the game is
going on again.
Among the changes in the law suggested
by the police captains were that the super
intendent of police be authorized to issue
warrants, SO that the police, after making
one, raid, could return Immediately and
make another if they were so disposed:
that the erection of iron barbados, such as
have been described, be forbidden except as
allowed by the inspector of buildings fol
fire protection; that the finding of nipple.
ments be prima facie evidence of gambling
and be sufficient to warrant the arrest OF
parties present, and that authority be given
j to search the persons of those present fol
i gamb ling implements. There is no doubt
\ that some of the points included in these
1 recommendations will be adopted by the
i legislature before it adiourns
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